Venom

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 671

ven'um, n. Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison spite malice malignity. [ME. and OF. venim, L. venenum, poison, perh. for vemcaum, veprefix, and necare, to kill.] — Ven'omous, -us, a. Full of venom noxious to animal life poisonous noxious; mischievous; malignant; spiteful. [F. ven~ imeux, L. venenosus, poisonous.] — Ven'omously, adv. — Ven'omouanesB, n. — Venena'tion, n. Act of